Chicago is not taking both of those contracts and giving TB a better pick in the process.

Remove the 4th going to Tampa, and add your own 4th to it

We'll flip

We get a 7th you get a 4th

SEA rejects

Makes no sense for them to sell low on Gourde whose been a nice piece there

And its gonna cost more than a 7th to dump those two to CHI. Unless you just do what EDM did where they just gave em away for FC

I was wondering when we'd see the Tampa ACGM (after McDonagh re-acquisition) where Lightning trade their bad contracts to make room for re-signing Stammer and $$$ to still improve the team. Totally get wanting Gourde back for one last crack at it. . . . Perbix is interesting, but don't think the mid-low picks move the needle too much for Francis.

It is destiny, the cycle will continue for jets fans too when Ehlers is extended & have to make long term moves to adjust

It's the natural course of the website

I would like it to be known I was one of the few advocating for Stamkos to not come back, develop our youth & try to move forward but jbb just catapulted TBL acgm in a volcano of Stamkos signing being a likely conclusion along with following a similar path of moving short term deals to add this long term piece despite my actual feelings towards it, but we are where we are can't stop this bus now it is going over 50 & over a cliff